Victor Sebestyen

Revolution 1989

The Fall of the Soviet Empire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'A compelling and illuminating account of a great drama in the history of our times which showed once again that ordinary men and women really can change the world' Jonathan Dimbleby, MAIL ON SUNDAY

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion, London / W&N
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780753827093
• ISBN-10: 0753827093
• Artikelnr.: 28532293

Autorenporträt

Victor Sebestyen is the acclaimed author of TWELVE DAYS (W&N, 2006), REVOLUTION 1989 (W&N, 2009) and 1946 (Macmillan, 2014). He was born in Budapest. He was a child when his family left Hungary as refugees. As a journalist, he has worked for numerous British newspapers, including the EVENING STANDARD, DAILY MAIL and THE TIMES. He reported widely from Eastern Europe when Communism collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. He covered the wars in former Yugoslavia and the breakup of the Soviet Union. At the EVENING STANDARD he was foreign editor, media editor and chief leader writer. He is an associate editor of NEWSWEEK.

Rezensionen

This pacy and vivid survey of the remarkably swift collapse of the Soviet empire is a considerable achievement. DAILY TELEGRAPH